Posted on 06/09/2011 12:02:59 PM PDT by submarinerswife
STATE VISITS
Do you still throw spears at each other? To Aboriginal leader William Brin, 2002.
You managed not to get eaten then? To a British student who was trekking in Papua New Guinea
EUROPE
I would like to go to Russia very much although the bastards murdered half my family. In 1967, when asked if he would like to visit the Soviet Union.
SCOTLAND
How do you keep the natives off the booze long enough to pass the test? To a Scottish driving instructor in 1995.
CHINA
If you stay here much longer, you will go home with slitty eyes. To a British student on a visit to China in 1986.
WOMEN
Ah, so this is feminist corner then. To a group of female Labour MPs
You are a woman, arent you? To a Kenyan woman in 1984, after accepting a state gift.
When a man opens the car door for his wife, its either a new car or a new wife.
CELEBRITY
What do you gargle with pebbles? To Tom Jones, after the Royal Variety Performance, 1969. He later added: It is very difficult at all to see how it is possible to become immensely valuable by singing what I think are the most hideous songs.
ON FOOD & DRINK
Get me a beer. I dont care what kind it is, just get me a beer! On being offered fine Italian wines by Prime Minister Giuliano Amato at a dinner in Rome in 2000.
ON CLASS & MONEY
People think theres a rigid class system here, but dukes have been known to marry chorus girls. Some have even married Americans. In 2000.
Everybody was saying we must have more leisure. Now they are complaining they are unemployed. Said at the height of the recession in 1981.
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Seems to of hit that one right on the money.
Are Princess Anne and Gary Schandling the same person?
They’ve never been seen in public together and the resemblance is uncanny.
Anyway, bravo to old Prince Phillip. He must have gotten some pointers from his plainspoken mother-in-law the Queen Mum.
Thank you, La Lydia! Proven right again!
Yup, same sour expression on both their faces!
Another question, Lydia: was Philip’s DNA used to prove that Anna Anderson was NOT Anastasia?
Surviving samples of her tissue yielded DNA that did not match the identified Romanov remains or the remains of living relatives, including Prince Philip. I think they compared her sample with the Romanov remains first, and then with Prince Philip’s DNA profile to make sure.
His best line ever: After the Coronation, to the Queen as he joined her to walk to the Coronation Coach
"Where did you get that hat?"
And why not? What are they going to do, fire him?
“It’s good to be the king!” (or the prince...)
He lacks filters fore and aft...
No, he didn’t. I’m sure the thought crossed his mind.
But back in the 20’s and 30’s in Europe when Anna Anderson was pursuing her claim certain of her opponents claimed to have found out that she was actually a Pole named Franziska Schanzkowska. Ms. Schanzkowska has relatives still living in Poland and DNA tests on the hospital tissue sample proved that Anna Anderson was related to them and probably was actually Franziska Schanzkowska.
I recall someone kin to the Romanovs hired a private detective to check her out not long after her story began to get some press.
He basically reported back the facts and they were exactly what they turned out to be.
Thanks! I’m a Romanov/Russian fan as well as intrigued by Rasputin. I actually have a cookbook called “The Rasputin Cookbook” written by his daughter Maria.
Yes, he was so handsome. Elizabeth fell in love with him when she was quite young, and he was older. Can’t blame her. I agree, I am sure that Philip had plenty to say about the Obama’s...and it had to be very funny!
LOL, it occurred to me. It just didn't occur to daddy. Let's just say, I caught her during her during the rebellious stage in her life. She managed to straighten out just in time for the trust funds to start kicking in. But I do miss Miss Viola's cooking!
This thread is amazing - thanks for starting it - bookmarking for later. Amazing stories from top to bottom.
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